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رضع
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 أَرْضَعَتْ ذ She (a woman) had a child which she suckled. (K.) ― -b2- ذَاتُ اـِرْضَاعٍ, also, signifies (assumed tropical:) Having milk, though not having a child that is suckled. (IB.) -A2- أَرْضْعَتْهُ أُمُّهُ His mother suckled him. (S, Msb, K. *) ― -b2- You say also, أَرْضَعَ الوَلَدَ [app. meaning He caused the child to be suckled: or, perhaps, he suckled the child, by means of his wife or a female slave; because his semen genitale is considered as the source of the milk of a woman who has borne him a child; accord. to a saying of Lth, cited in an explanation of a usage of the word لَقَاحٌ or لِقَاحٌ]. (K voce مَلَحَ, q. v.) [See also 3.]
Derived headwords
أَرْضَعَتْverb
- 1.
ذَاتُ اـِرْضَاعٍ
أَرْضْعَتْهُ أُمُّهُ
أَرْضَعَ الوَلَدَ